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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board?
Reply #180 - 19.01.05 at 19:56:21

hmm okay I get it now.

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Voodoo3 1000 AGP 8MB SGRAM "Bonesteel" was normally used in Compaq USA, Gateway USA and Dell USA PC's it had the PCB layout of the Velocity 100 and it has both TMU's enabled , it speed is 125Mhz core/mem.

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Voodoo3 1000 AGP 16MB SGRAM Compaq USA of Gateway USA runs core/mem 125Mhz and has both TMU's eneabled.

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Voodoo3 2000 AGP 16MB SGRAM has both TMU's eneabled and same PCB layout as V31K 16MB SGRAM But runs at 143Mhz Core/Mem , so that's a difference.

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Velocity 100 AGP 8MB SGRAM has actually the Bonesteel PCB , it has one of two TMU's disabled and runs core/mem at 143Mhz.

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Velocity 200 AGP 16MB SGRAM has same PCB layout as V31K 16MB SGRAM, it has one of two TMU's disabled and runs at 143Mhz Core/Mem.

so whe have 5 different Avenger based cards whit 2 different PCB's LOL Cheesy

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Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board?
Reply #181 - 19.01.05 at 20:08:18

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Voodoo3 1000 AGP 8MB SGRAM "Bonesteel" was normally used in Compaq USA, Gateway USA and Dell USA PC's it had the PCB layout of the Velocity 100 and it has both TMU's enabled , it speed is 125Mhz core/mem.

No- The term "Bonesteel" was used just by Gateway, and Gateway was the only OEM to ship a PC with a V3 with one TMU.

Dell and Gateway used normal V3-3000 with SDRAM, some did have no TV out however.

Compaq's was advertised as a V3-1000.

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Voodoo3 1000 AGP 16MB SGRAM Compaq USA of Gateway USA runs core/mem 125Mhz and has both TMU's eneabled.

This is correct as far as the Compaq V3-1000 goes, I have no information on anything from Comp USA.

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so whe have 5 different Avenger based cards whit 2 different PCB's LOL Cheesy

More then that! Look at the breakdown-

V3-2000/3000 with SDRAM AGP
V3-3500 with SDRAM AGP tuner
V3-3500 Compaq SDRAM AGP no tuner

V3-2000/3000 SDRAM PCI with Compaq 3500 style PCB

V3-2000/3000 PCI with SGRAM

V3-1000 Compaq AGP

V3- Velocity/Bonesteel AGP

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Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board?
Reply #183 - 19.01.05 at 20:21:10

Thanks Gary For help'n out on the Info , hehe Avenger is my favourite 3dfx Voodoo segment

and how about that Quantum 3D V3 3500 that runs at 166Mhz, I suppose you forgot that one Wink

Funny though, it's called a Voodoo3 3500 but it runs at 166Mhz Core/Mem, so a normal V3 3500 would be faster? or does the Quantum 3D V3 3500 have higher Nanosecond speed ratings for the Ram ?

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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board? Reply #184 - 19.01.05 at 21:21:48 Don't forget the 200MHz clocked Falcon Northwest; http://www.xs4all.nl/~jfeelder/voodoousers/infov3oem.html I do wonder, what's the logic behind the numbering of the cards (1000, 2000, 3000, 3500)? You'd think it'd be the chip/memory frequency at first sight but that's obviously not right.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board? Reply #185 - 20.01.05 at 00:15:38 Quote: Don't forget the 200MHz clocked Falcon Northwest; Uses regular 3500 TV PCB.
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Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board?
Reply #186 - 20.01.05 at 00:34:09

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Don't forget the 200MHz clocked Falcon Northwest;
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jfeelder/voodoousers/infov3oem.html

I do wonder, what's the logic behind the numbering of the cards (1000, 2000, 3000, 3500)?

You'd think it'd be the chip/memory frequency at first sight but that's obviously not right.

it's just a way of nameing the cards from the lowest to the highest degree, like ATi & nVidia do with thier Cards.

Here is ATi's example by doing so:

ATI Radeon 9200 SE
ATI Radeon 9200
ATI Radeon 9200 Pro
ATI Radeon 9200 Pro 256

ATI Radeon 9600 SE
ATI Radeon 9600
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256
ATI Radeon 9600 XT

ATI Radeon 9800 SE
ATI Radeon 9800
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256
ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Ati does it with extra letters in each different class after the fraises 9200, 9600 & 9800.

nVidia does it alot diferently like so:

GeForce4 MX-420
GeForce4 MX-440
GeForce4 MX-460
GeForce4 Ti-4200
GeForce4 Ti-4400
GeForce4 Ti-4600

With the GeForce4 line nVidia uses Letters combined with numbers after the fraise GeForce4.

So 3dfx uses a numeric friase after the fraise Voodoo3 to name it's lowest to it's higest degree and that's about it.

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Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board?
Reply #187 - 20.01.05 at 02:23:56

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and how about that Quantum 3D V3 3500 that runs at 166Mhz, I suppose you forgot that one Wink

Funny though, it's called a Voodoo3 3500 but it runs at 166Mhz Core/Mem, so a normal V3 3500 would be faster? or does the Quantum 3D V3 3500 have higher Nanosecond speed ratings for the Ram ?

Forgot about that one, the PCB looks the same as a 3000 PCI but isn't (extra regulators and other pieces)

The regular 3500 is faster then the Ventana, but the Ventana is built for a different market (mil-sims)

I'm also fairly sure the Q3D card had active cooling but it is missing. A 3000 heatsink will not fit due to a fan header being in the way!

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board? Reply #188 - 21.01.05 at 16:10:37 Amazing- The number of collected 3dfx items has exceeded 1000 this week!
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board? Reply #189 - 21.01.05 at 17:38:30 teah i saw it too, Congrats to everyone!!! Our new milepole has been reached the 1000 + !!! Whaa Zaaaaaa
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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board? Reply #190 - 21.01.05 at 18:37:35 1049 3dfx Items Wow, can anyone imagine how it would look like, having all Cards layed out in one room and sorted by Type? Severe 3dfx 0wnage
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board? Reply #191 - 28.01.05 at 14:43:29 Yeah that would be very nice to see FalconFly, but the work by sorting all of our cards out That' s gonna be haywire. Oh for now we go to the 2000 units! At least that's our new goal
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Reply #192 - 28.01.05 at 17:37:06

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Oh for now we go to the 2000 units!

Need to get a few more collectors on board then, I have been trading quality for quantity.

I don't expect my collection to get much larger as I sell off some duplicates and a few of the loose cards but they will be replaced with rarer items so it should all be a wash.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6149318468

I really wish to buy this but can't justify the cost and shipping, storage right now is a problem too.

Even $1000 USD would be tough at the moment, just don't have the coin.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: Who collects 3dfx cards on the board?
Reply #194 - 28.01.05 at 20:06:33

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Need to get a few more collectors on board then, I have been trading quality for quantity.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6149318468

I really wish to buy this but can't justify the cost and shipping, storage right now is a problem too.

hmm how about the garage or the shed, I suppose you'll have some room there

Just creat'n some idea's

Anyway I go for quallity also like everyone else does, so I don't see your point on that, it came a little wierd across the road.
but no offence man, you're do'n fine

but if we compare 1051 cards found worldwide, still isn't much compared to the amount that 3dfx produced, I suoppose that this 3dfx collecting is quite rare afterall

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